L A U R E N T DA U P TA I N
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cover | Autoportrait (1599) 63¾” x 44¾”
opposite | Autoportrait (1602) 51” x 38”
above | Main et pinceau 24” x 18”
2 | Autoportrait (1662) 10½” x 13¾”
Autoportrait (1570) 51” x 38” | 3
4 | Autoportrait (1611) 57½” x 38”
Autoportrait (1576) 57½” x 38” | 5
L A U R E N T DA U P TA I N was born on March 25, 1961. A graduate of the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris (1981) and the Ecole des Arts Décoratifs (1983), he gained a master’s degree in Aesthetics in 1984. After years of painting self portraits from every perspective, he found his niche painting large representations of his face. Although he continually paints the same face, the outcome is always unique. He experiments with brush stroke, texture, palette and attention to details. At times, his compositions appear to be completely abstract, but upon further examination, a face always emerges. Although known for his self portraits, Dauptain is very successful with other genres. His landscapes and cityscapes are reminiscent of Hopper, yet Dauptain takes greater liberties with brush stroke to infuse a sense of movement in the painting that can be linked to impressionism. Since 1981, Dauptain has exhibited constantly and received numerous awards for his work, the most recent of which include the Grand Prix of the Salon des Peintres de l’Armée (2003), the Taylor Prize (2001), and the gold medal of the Salon des Artistes Français (1997).
6 | Autoportrait (1612) 57½” x 44¾”
Stop à Meatpacking 36” x 28¾” | 7
8 | Boutiques et reflets 38” x 57½”
Matin humide à Meatpacking 38” x 57½” | 9
10 | Meatpacking vu du pont 36” x 28¾”
Soho vu de haut 57½” x 38” | 11
The distinctiveness of my approach is rooted in the fact that portraiture has always been my preferred genre. For practical reasons and for self-liberation, I was inspired to paint my own portrait most frequently. Therein results a series of more than two thousand self-portraits drawn or painted over the course of twenty-five years. This substantial quantity of work sparks my curiosity instead of satisfying it and I have never ceased searching for what the next version will resemble. At the same time, this subject annuls itself by force of repetition. It is a pretext for continuously searching for new solutions, as much from the point of view of formal beauty as technical. Finally, it is the painting itself that is at the heart of my work. I also paint still lives and landscapes; these play a role of “respiration” between two portraits. For me, they are an opportunity to search for the evocation of profoundness while I wish that my faces “come forth.” I devote myself to views of the coast and countryside as much as to more typical representations of towns, factories, roads, automobiles – scenes that constitute our daily environment, but still appear to me as a “field” to be discovered for the painters of today. – Laurent Dauptain
12 | Portrait de vieillard, d’après Rembrandt 24” x 18”
Anémones, fond gris 51” x 38” | 13
14 | Tulipes, fond noir 23½” x 23½”
Anémones, fond bleu 51” x 38” | 15
16 | Le peintre guitariste 57½” x 38”
Le professeur 51” x 38” | 17
18 | Autoportrait (1600) 63¾” x 44¾”
Autoportrait (1601) 63¾” x 44¾” | 19
20 | Autoportrait (1578) 76¾” x 51”
Autoportrait (1484) 51” x 38”
Autoportrait (1585) 51” x 38” | 21
©2014 Laurent Dauptain
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Galerie Pierrick Touchefeu, Sceaux Axelle Fine Arts Galerie, New York Galerie Claudine Legrand, Paris Galerie Axelle Fine Arts, New York Galerie Art du Temps, Cléon d’Andran Galerie Patricia Oranin, Pont l’Abbé Galerie Pierrick Touchefeu, Sceaux . Galerie Claudine Legrand, Paris Galerie Axelle Fine Arts, New York Galerie Pierrick Touchefeu, Sceaux Galerie Axelle Fine Arts, New Orleans Galerie Axelle Fine Arts, San Francisco Galerie Claudine Legrand, Paris Galerie Axelle Fine Arts, New York Galerie Axelle Fine Arts, Boston Galerie Pierrick Touchefeu, Sceaux Galerie Axelle Fine Arts, New York Galerie Patricia Oranin, Pont l’Abbé Galerie Art du Temps, Cléon d’Andran Galerie Apropos d’Art, Montreuil Galerie des Saints-Pères, Paris Galerie l0l, Antony Centre Culturel de Dourdan Galerie de la Fondation Taylor, Paris Chapelle Marquelet de la Noue, Meaux Galerie Jan de Maere, Bruxelles Galerie Jan de Maere et Ozenne,Paris Galerie La Litote, Toulouse Galerie Oberlin, Strasbourg Galerie Michel Ozenne, Paris Galerie Peinture Fraîche, Paris Galerie de la Maison des Beaux-Arts, Paris
“Drawing Now”, Lille Art Fair Comparaisons, Paris “Chic Dessin” Galerie Claudine Legrand Comparaisons, Paris “Chic Dessin” Comparaisons, Paris Galerie Claudine Legrand, Paris Galerie Axelle Fine Arts, New York Galerie Axelle Fine Arts, Boston SLICK Paris - Comparaisons, Paris 2008 Galerie Claudine Legrand, Paris Galerie Axelle Fine Arts, New Orleans Galerie Bailly Contemporain, Paris Lille Art Fair - Lille - Comparaisons, Paris 2007 Stâdtische Galerie, Rastatt Galerie Axelle Fine Arts, NewYork Salon Comparaisons, Paris 2004 Salon de Mai, Paris 1982-81 Musée d’Art Contemporain du Prince Murat, Nointel 1984 F.I.A.C. Galerie Jan de Maere, Paris
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Autoportrait (1615) 51” x 38”